Geneticists have uncovered evidence of a westward migration in Europe about 4,500 years ago—and that may explain a long-standing mystery about language.

Pupils in Northern Ireland are required to learn languages less than those in any other country in Europe. But Spanish and Irish have overtaken French as the most popular languages taken at A-level.

The Northern Ireland Executive has been strongly criticised over how it promotes the Irish language in a report published by the Council of Europe. The council is a human rights organisation with ...

In Northern Europe, most people can converse in English whereas in Southern Europe they can't. ... Subtitling turns every day entertainment into a kind of subsidiary language lesson.

When Gen Francisco Franco banned the use of the ancient Euskara language, residents of the Basque Country fought to keep it alive. From my car window, I watched Spain transform. From Madrid in the ...

New linguistic research suggest early Germanic language and culture was strongly influenced by the Mediterranean superpower Carthage more than 2,000 years ago.